Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets
> Minority Lyft drivers were about 30 percent more likely to be pulled over and cited for speeding (the two analyses produced results of 24 and 33 percent). Once cited, they were also likely to receive higher fines, either 23 or 34 percent more than white drivers.
#SystemicRacism @arstechnica #drivingwhileblack #lyft #florida
Why was he arrested? "they didn't like the way that he was riding". #drivingwhileblack. Seriously what the fuckety fuck. Kid is a good kid
We don’t say what we’re both thinking
Phone Call from a Brown Son
Vicki Boyd
#Poetry #VickiBoyd #OneArtPoetry #DrivingWhileBlack
https://oneartpoetry.com/2024/10/26/phone-call-from-a-brown-son-by-vicki-boyd/
#TrafficStops: #LastWeekTonight with #JohnOliver (HBO)
Oct 10, 2024
"John Oliver discusses the power given to cops during traffic stops and some simple ways we can start to change that, and what it all has to do with the worst musical on Broadway."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ygQ2wEwJw
#LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver #DrivingWhileBlack #ACAB #BLM
Traffic Stops: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
#LastWeekTonight #BlackMastodon #BIPOC #StateViolence #TrafficStop #DrivingWhileBlack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ygQ2wEwJw
Wow....! I will be posting this week's #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver when it becomes available. He has a lot to say about #DrivingWhileBlack and #ACAB! Very impressed!
#JohnOliver #BLM
3 Former Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Tyre Nichols’s Death
The former officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death.
By Emily Cochrane and Ben Stanley
Reporting from Memphis.
Oct. 3, 2024
"Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of federal witness tampering charges in the violent beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after his encounter with the police.
But all of the officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing his death. One officer, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing bodily injury.
"The mixed verdict in the federal trial in Memphis comes nearly two years after Mr. Nichols’s death, which sickened many across the nation, who viewed it as the latest example of a young Black man being subjected to #ExcessiveForce at the hands of the #police.
"Video of the January 2023 encounter showed that after Mr. Nichols fled a #TrafficStop, officers viciously punched and kicked him, ignoring his cries for his mother and his attempts to comply with a barrage of conflicting commands. None of the officers reported the extent of the beating.
"The three defendants, along with two other former officers who pleaded guilty to their role in the violence, still face additional state charges, including second-degree murder.
"Sentencing on the federal convictions is expected to occur in January.
"'You know what these officers did and know it because you saw it over and over again,' said Kathryn Gilbert, a Justice Department lawyer, in closing statements. 'You can use your eyes. You can use your ears. You can use your common sense. You know what these officers did.'
"The trial, which lasted about 17 days, exposed a culture of #secrecy and #violence within the #MemphisPolice Department, where officers held to an unspoken agreement that they could punish anyone who fled from them and downplay the violence. The five officers — all of whom are Black — were part of a team within the specialized Scorpion street crime unit, where arrest statistics and confiscations were a priority."
Original article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre-nichols-verdict.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823.0-859.413
#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #JusticeForTyre #ScorpionUnit #MemphisTennessee #Tennessee #DrivingWhileBlack
#Ohio #sheriff tells residents to "write down the addresses" of #HarrisWalz supporters
Sheriff #BruceZuchowski urged residents of an Ohio county to report neighbors with Harris-Walz signs
By Marin Scotten
Published September 16, 2024 12:49PM (EDT)
"An Ohio sheriff told people to 'write down the addresses' of anybody who supports Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, sparking fear and division among residents in #PortageCounty, located 30 miles south of #Cleveland.
"On Friday, Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski posted the threatening message on both his public and private Facebook accounts: 'When people ask me...What's gonna happen if the Flip - Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins?? I say...write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!' Zuchowski wrote. 'Sooo...when the Illegal human 'Locust' (which she supports!) Need places to live...We'll already have the addresses of their New families...who supported their arrival!'
"The posts have been shared over 200 times and have amassed chaos in the comment section, which Zuchowski has now limited.
"It's not the first time Zuchowski's been involved in controversy since he first took office three years ago. In 2021, he criticized Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team for changing its name from the 'Indians' to the 'Guardians,' a move long advocated for by #NativeAmerican groups. Last year, The Portage County #NAACP also accused Zuchowski’s department of disproportionately targeting minority drivers.
"Residents in Portage County were 'surprised and fearful' after Zuchowski's latest post, The Portager reported. Before he limited the comments, users had replied with the names and addresses of Portage County residents who were displaying Harris-Walz signs.
"'I have a sign in my yard,' one frightened resident told The Portager. 'Our sheriff is asking #MAGA to write down our addresses. This is not normal and it is scary.'"
#TyreekHill’s traffic stop revives discussion about ‘driving while Black’
Nation Sep 10, 2024
Dolphins safety Jevon Holland: “Excessive force on a Black man, that’s not uncommon. It’s a very common thing in America. So I think that needs to be addressed at a countrywide level.”
#DrivingWhileBlack #TrafficStops #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackAmericans #RacialProfiling
For anyone who thinks that the Peoples Republic of Seattle is a paradise, be aware that we have our troubles too, usually the Police:
@QasimRashid basically it’s a
#DWB set up.
#DrivingWhileBlack
#DrivingWhileBrown
Two Met officers guilty of gross misconduct stop and search of Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-police-misconduct-bianca-williams-b2435668.html
#MET
#StopAndSearch
#BiancaWilliams
#RicardoDosSantos
#Racism
#DrivingWhileBlack
#DWB
#IndependentOfficeForPoliceConduct
#IOPC
Years after it was proven the Metropolitan Police were institutionally racist they are still being racist on a daily basis.
Two police officers guilty of gross misconduct for lying during search of athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos
#BlackLivesMatter activists identified the man as 33-year-old Ricky Cobb of Minneapolis. They were planning a vigil for him
#BrokenTaillightPolicing #DrivingWhileBLACK #qualifiedimmunity
